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WILLIAM B CHRISTENSON
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 22, 1945 – July 10, 1969
Service recordWilliam B Christenson, of North Plainfield, New Jersey, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 92
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1945
- Home of record
- North Plainfield, New Jersey (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 92
- THOMAS ALLEN CERESFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1969
- KENNETH JULIAN CYMBALSKICorporal · July 10, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL ELLISLance Corporal · July 10, 1969
- BOBBY GENE FARMERSpecialist Four · July 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ELIJAH WALLACE BURKETTSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 91
- KENNETH JULIAN CYMBALSKICorporal · Panel 21W, Line 92
- BOBBY GENE FARMERSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 92
- JOHN R FRYEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 93
- CHARLES THOMAS STOCKBAUERSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 95
- RAYMOND TORRESStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 95
From North Plainfield
- DENNIS RICHARD SCHMIDTCorporal · August 8, 1966
- JOHN FRANK BARANOSKIPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- RONALD PETER SANTOROLance Corporal · August 3, 1968
- FREDERICK C KINSLER JRLance Corporal · August 23, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.